Soft-tread attachment for horseshoes.



No. 655,828. Patented Au 14, 1900.

T. J. LOVETT. SOFT TREAD ATTACHMENT FOR HOBSES HOES.

(Application filed. J'unb 17, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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ATENT THOMAS J. LOVETT, on oIIIcAeo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUDD DOBLE TIRE COMPANY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

SOFT TREAD ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESHUES;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 655,828, dated August 14, ieoo. Application filed June 17, 1898. Serial 11'0A 683,694. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may eon/corn:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. LOVETT, of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Attachment for Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Cushion-treads for horseshoes have heretofore been so constructed or the means forsecuring the treads to the shoes have been such that it has been necessary to use special forms of base-plates for the treads, the form of the base-plate varying with the various forms of treads used and with the various means used for securing the treads to the base-plate."

These special forms of shoes either cannot be changed in shape to fit differently-shaped hoofs or are ill adapted for such change, with the result that special shoes must be made for each animal to which they are applied, and such shoes have been impracticable or objectionable for that reason. Moreover, many of the forms of cushion-tread shoes are expensive in construction and are not easily repaired and are further objectionable for these reasons.

It is the primary object of the present invention to overcome these objections by providing a cushion attachment which may be readily and conveniently secured to the ordinary horseshoes in common use.

With the present invention the ordinary shoe may be fitted to the hoof in the usual way before the cushion attachment is secured to the shoe, and a farrier may be prepared to furnish either the ordinary shoes or shoes having cushion-blocks secured to their under surface without increasing his usual stock of shoes.

The invention accordingly consists in an attachment for horseshoes comprising one or more cushion-blocks, one or more securingplates, devices securing the block or blocks and plate or plates together, and means for securing the plate or plates to a horseshoe.

The invention further consists in the features hereinafter claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an attachment embodying the present invention in its preferred form. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 is a detail of a binding or securing plate. Fig. 4 is asectional view showing a modified form of bind ing-plate and devices for securing the yield ing block thereto. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the binding-plate shown in Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a side view of a shoe with the attachment applied, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same.

The attachment shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 consists of two cushion-blocks and three bindingor securing plates 3, 4: and 5. The cushion-blocks may be made of any suitable material-such as leather, rubber, or compo sition or may be made up of a number of different materials; but it is preferred to use rubber for these blocks. The yielding blocks are secured to the binding-plates by means of wires 6, which extend through the blocks and plates and serve to hold the parts together. As shown, these wires are formed by the two strands of a single length of wire which is looped through the end plate 5 and has its ends inserted in holes in the other end plate 3. The plates are provided with pins 7, which extend from the base of the plates and by which said plates may be secured to a horseshoe. After a horseshoe, as A, has been shaped to fit the hoof to which it is to be applied the attachment may be bent to substantially conform to the curve in the side of the shoe. The attachment may then be applied to the shoe by drilling holes through said shoe, as indicated at 8, through which the pins 7 are passed and headed down upon the upper side of the shoe. When one of these attachments has been applied to each side of the shoe, the shoe may be secured to the hoof in the usual manner, and the cushionblocks will form a cushion-tread for the shoe which will protect the animal from jars and shocks in traveling over rough pavements and will prevent slipping upon smooth pavements.

As shown, the attachment is constructed to substantially fill the space between the heelcalks 10 and the toecalk 9; but it will be understood that this is not essential and that the form and size of the attachment may be varied, and it will be further understood that ICO other means may be employed for securing the attachment to the shoe. Thus the cushion block or blocks may be constructed to extend entirely around the shoe, or short blocks may be used to be applied to a shoe near or at the heel. Other forms of binding or securing plates may also be used or other forms of devices for securing the block or blocks to the plate or plates may be used without departing from the invention.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is illustrated a second form of securing-plate and different devices for securing the cushion-block to the plate. In these figures a plate 11 is provided with side clips 12, arranged to embrace the sides of a block 13, of yielding material. A strip of strengthening material in the form of Woven Wire 14 is embedded in the block 13, and a pin 17 extends through the block below the Wire and has its ends fastened in the clips 12. Thus the block is firmly secured to the plate 11, and the Woven wire prevents the cross-pin from tearing through the block when a strain is-put upon said block. The plate 11 is provided with a pin 15, which may be passed through a hole drilled in a horeshoe and be headed down upon the upper side thereof to securely fasten the plate and the cushion block or blocks to the under side of the shoe.

In case the wire or wires 6 are used to secure the plates and cushion-blocks together a strengthening-strip, as 16, may also be embedded in the cushion-block, as shown in Fig. 2, if desired, although it will be understood that such strip is not essential.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An attachment for a horseshoe consisting of one or more cushion-blocks, one or more securing-plates, devices securing said block or blocks and plate or plates together,

and means for securing said plate or plates to the under surface of a horseshoe, substantially as described.

2. An attachment for a horseshoe consisting of one or more cushion-blocks, one or more securing-plates each provided with a pin for securing the same to a horseshoe, and devices for securing said block or blocks and plate or plates together, substantially as described.

3. An attachment for ho'rseshoes consisting of one or more cushion-blocks, one or more securing-plates provided with means for securing the same to a horseshoe, one or more wires extending through said block or blocks and plate or plates,substantially as described.

4. An attachment for horseshoes consisting of one or more cushion-blocks, securingplates at the ends of said block or blocks provided with means for securing the same to a horseshoe, and a Wire looped through one of said plates and having its strands passing through said block or blocks and the other plate or plates, substantially as described.

5. An attachment for horseshoes consisting of one or more cushion-blocks, one or more securing-plates each provided with a pin projecting from its base, and one or more wires extending through said block or blocks and plate or plates,substantially as described.

THOMAS J. LOVETT.

Witnesses:

M. S. MACKENZIE, M. J. FROST. 

